Record Splashing

Cheers escape into the chlorine-tinged air. Young legs move up and down nervously and hands cling to the railings around the swimming pool.

Bang! Jenna Higgins (24) dives gracefully into the pool and moves quickly through the water, competing in the 200m backstroke. She clocks in at 3:39,68. It is the new world record.

The occasion is the national swimming championships of the South African Sporting Association for the Intellectually Impaired (SASAII) in Potchefstroom, North West. Higgins's time is the new Down's syndrome swimming record...